cricket
noun uk/ˈkrɪk.ɪt/ us/ˈkrɪk.ɪt/
(GAME)
A2 [ U ]板球（运动）
a sport in which two teams of eleven players try to score runs (= points) by hitting a small, hard ball with a bat, and running between two sets of small wooden posts
a cricket ball/bat 板球／板球球板
- More examples
- Binns played cricket for his county in his youth.
- Are you coming to cricket practice this evening?
- The England cricket team is currently on tour in Pakistan.
- He spent the entire afternoon watching a cricket match.
- The cricket has been stopped due to bad weather.
(INSECT)
C2 [ C ]蟋蟀
a brown or black insect that makes short, loud noises by rubbing its wings together
Idiom
not cricketidiom UK old-fashioned or humorous 不光彩；不道德；不光明正大
If behaviour is not cricket, it is not honest or moral.
It's simply not cricket to flirt with another man's wife. 跟别人的妻子调情真不道德。